sustainability

Foodservice Operation of the Month

Palomar Health: Measurable progress

San Diego’s Palomar Health sets its sights on a lofty sustainability goal. Diet was the part of peoples’ lives that Palomar’s foodservice was poised to change.

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Save trees, go paperless

Dartmouth College is going paperless with our menus and reporting, meaning no more heavy books. The college installed 10 touchscreen monitors in various locations

From its 320-square-foot container, the farm will provide wasabi arugula, basil and kale.

Trevor Johnson, resident farmer at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, says education is surprisingly his main responsibility.

The Mather has raised garden beds that residents can reserve and use to grow their own plants.

North Carolina State University highlights local products on a large chalkboard in its dining halls, and also lists any produce brought in from its agroecology farm.

 See how some operations have leaned into waste-reduction initiatives of late.

The school offered free smoothies to promote its new reusable mugs for students.

The operators received the honor for their creative initiatives in K-12 foodservice. 

The school credited its switch to anytime dining and stepped-up composting efforts with causing the declines.

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